full width dana 60 front and rear swap help and tips

Ok I went to the trail and exploded my rear been thinking about doing the d60 swap for awhile but that time has came to I'm going to do it now and I was wondering if anyone has done this swap and steps to get threw it I am getting the dana front and rear from a ford super duty

Billy and eric used 60s from e350 vans. Arguably the best rear 60 to start from

http://www.naxja.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=123

Go look thru most of the builds in the Adv Fan section, lots of 1ton swaps.

Read . Research. This is not a quick one line answer to a thread like this, you need to understand it.

Plenty of threads out there . Its been done countless times on and Piraet4x4 and documented page by page on countless threads. Just read and read. When you get to a very specific question, then post, something like, will a SRW 14b with dually hubs allow the calipers to clear leaves or will I have to link the rear ? something like that.


obviously plate the frame Mid and Front, and inner box area.

Consider Booster and Master upgrades for the bigger brakes.

1 tons are heavy so you will need to beef up the rear leaf mounts and use quality front suspension components.

Other than that, its up to you to choose. 3 link the front, keep leaves in the rear. Depending on the 60 front you choose you might need coilovers . There are so many variables its silly.

Final tire size, budget, ability to fab, etc

No need for coilovers, even with a superduty front end like he said. You can still easily mount coil buckets. I'm not a fan of rear 60's, I'm a 14b fanboy.

blondejoncherokee said:

Read . Research. This is not a quick one line answer to a thread like this, you need to understand it.

Plenty of threads out there . Its been done countless times on and Piraet4x4 and documented page by page on countless threads. Just read and read. When you get to a very specific question, then post, something like, will a SRW 14b with dually hubs allow the calipers to clear leaves or will I have to link the rear ? something like that.


obviously plate the frame Mid and Front, and inner box area.

Consider Booster and Master upgrades for the bigger brakes.

1 tons are heavy so you will need to beef up the rear leaf mounts and use quality front suspension components.

Other than that, its up to you to choose. 3 link the front, keep leaves in the rear. Depending on the 60 front you choose you might need coilovers . There are so many variables its silly.

Final tire size, budget, ability to fab, etc

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Inner box area ????????

TRCM said:

Inner box area ????????

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Inner steering box area yes. I have mine plated in .120 wall.

steering and one tons are a whole new ball game. You will need a better box and pump - possibly. I pretty much has to bump it up to a big bore PSC 4 bolt box and pump to be able to turn locked 37s in the rocks...

might need hydro too. might not. it snow balls..

blondejoncherokee said:

Inner steering box area yes. I have mine plated in .120 wall.

steering and one tons are a whole new ball game. You will need a better box and pump - possibly. I pretty much has to bump it up to a big bore PSC 4 bolt box and pump to be able to turn locked 37s in the rocks...

might need hydro too. might not. it snow balls..

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gotcha...knew about the steering area needing plate, but thought you were talking about some other area of the frame